I have had DSL since 1997 in various cities across the US. I just moved back to a my home in a small town (15k or so ppl), and the DSL here is simply outstanding. While living in Louisville (about 2 million ppl), the DSL there was HORRIBLE. I barely got 2meg/sec, and the latency to siege was always 100ms+. I am back down to 40ms to 60ms pings to Siege, and get a solid 6mb/sec+ transfer rate.

Cable OTOH in this area is 10mb, and is shared by everyone in the neighborhood. When I go to my friend's house in the prime time hours, he is lucky to get 56k dial-up speeds, no joke. After about 9pm he gets good speed, but the latency can still be an issue.

The bottom line is that your mileage may vary depending on location, and your service provider. I really hate it when people spout off with "X service is better". That's like saying a truck is better than a car. Ok, for what purpose??? Fit the tool to the job. With internet service, get the one that fits you best in your area. Some areas have outstanding cable, and crappy DSL, while others are the reverse.

It depends on how many people are on your cable node (how much traffic).

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Well.I pay A LOT!for this con. But I lose it to often.I have lost alot of UO gear to this problem(Ask my old guild) (GIL)I get mad hehe.So I need a yes or no on this matter.........sorry just got back on after days of being off line .So I am a lil bitter.hehe
But like you said its great when it isnt friggen up.

It really depends on your service provider more than anything else. If you have cable, and the back end servers that the ISP providers are crap/overloaded/etc, you're just not gonna get a good d/l speed or ping.

Just check dslreports.com (which rates both DSL and cable) for providers in your area, whether its DSL or cable.

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I live in a fairly rural area and have cable. I have been very happy with the cable hook up. I seem to allways have very low ping and it is pretty flawless. I had the DSL for a short time but it just did not work well at all.

My best guess is that a lot of it has to do with who your provider is etc.

You also have to consider which tier of DSL you have 1 meg, 3 megs, 6 megs, etc. I have had both 6 meg dsl and cable and both do great where I live so I usually just go with the one I owe the less money to.

The 6 meg DSL seems to be a lil more consistant than cable but the last time I had DSL i ping about 60 and I have cable right now and Ping anywhere from 45-60 and still get outran by patty pickaxe!

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You also have to consider which tier of DSL you have 1 meg, 3 megs, 6 megs, etc. I have had both 6 meg dsl and cable and both do great where I live so I usually just go with the one I owe the less money to.

The 6 meg DSL seems to be a lil more consistant than cable but the last time I had DSL i ping about 60 and I have cable right now and Ping anywhere from 45-60 and still get outran by patty pickaxe!

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LOL! That's bc I ping around 14
Thank you for the excitment in Luna!

I have verizon fios. I have the "faster" plan-Download up to 25 Mbps / Upload up to 15 Mbps

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